Mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts — every day women are dying at the rate of almost one per minute. Speak up and make a difference! Show your support by wearing red on Friday, February 5th, National Wear Red Day. It’s an easy and powerful way to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Start! your team and brainstorm early fundraising ideas for your Heart Walk team and get ahead of cardiovascular disease by building healthier lives! All of your donations from National Wear Red Day will not only support your team fundraising efforts, but will also specifically fund the Go Red For Women Campaign.
Love your heart, love your family. Give them the gift of health.
Did you know?
- Stress and depression are more likely to damage the hearts of women than men. Love your heart. Have fun!
- Women experience different types of symptoms associated with heart problems than men, for example, unusual fatigue, abdominal, neck, shoulder or upper back pain, nausea, vomiting and shortness of breath. Check your heart!
- Heart disease is the number one cause of death in women overall, killing more women each year than all forms of cancer combined.
Help your heart:
- Eating a well-balanced diet, exercising regularly and avoiding smoking throughout your life can significantly lower your risk of developing heart disease.
- Walking for as little as thirty minutes a day can reduce risk for stroke, improve cholesterol, and reduce high blood pressure.
- Almond’s magnesium and potassium help lower you cholesterol reducing the risk of heart disease by 30%
About the Start! Heart Walk
The Start! Orange County Heart Walk is a 5K fitness walk and a 1 Mile Survivor Route that brings together companies to fight heart disease and stroke. Although you can register to walk as an individual, we recommend you join a team at your company as it provides friendly competition and a reason to get fit and train for the walk. It also creates a reason to band together with your co-workers for a common cause.
The Benefits of Walking In addition to raising money for lifesaving research and education programs, you’ll also help your company and co-workers live happier, healthier, longer lives.
Increase company pride. Surveys show that over 90 percent of employees feel proud if their company supports an important outside cause.
Build skills. Volunteer work can help you hone skills that you can also use at home and on the job. These include leadership, decisionmaking, problem-solving, time management, negotiating, networking and goal-setting.
Shine in the community. Supporting the Start! Heart Walk can help enhance community relations. Many companies print T-shirts for their walkers to display their spirit and raise their company profile.
Give a boost. Giving back to the community can also boost your productivity, office morale, job satisfaction and loyalty.
Promote health. It's a great way to let your bosses know you care about your health and wellness.
Whether you think your company should become a sponsor, have an area at the walk, or get a team involved, our local team members are experts at getting you started.
For more information please contact one of your Start! Heart Walk staff partners
Our mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do. The need for our work is beyond question. More
